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wga

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3. Living near underground propane and butane storage caverns (w/ earthquakes) would make me nervous

Reply to oldandhappy (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 09:52 PM

May 2014

USGS reported a small earthquake 23 km south of Medford Oklahoma today. That got me wondering if the underground caverns, that are used to store large quantities of propane and butane, are designed to handle earthquakes. Medford has several of these caverns. Other locations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas have them as well. They are pretty common in refineries and typically hold millions of gallons of propane and butane. Now living near something like that with never before earthquakes striking might make me nervous.

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Have been working against the pipeline. [View all] oldandhappy Apr 2014 OP

Just look at Oklahoma wga May 2014 #1

Maybe we do not know. oldandhappy May 2014 #2

More small quakes increase the risk of larger ones, according to this article I read today: Rhiannon12866 May 2014 #4

Living near underground propane and butane storage caverns (w/ earthquakes) would make me nervous wga May 2014 #3

Thanks old and happy for your posts and all littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #5

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